A man claiming to be the late President Emilio Mwai Kibaki’s son wants a share of his Ksh150 billion empire.
Jacob Ochola, in an interview with KTN News, stated that he wants what is owed to him as the first son of the late President. He explained that he was made aware of his father at the age of 21 years and the two have since shared special moments together.
According to Ochola, his mother remarried when he was a toddler and that is why his surname is from the Luo community. He stated that after the death of his foster father, his mother informed him that the deceased was not his biological father.
Ochola’s mother arranged a meeting between him and Mwai Kibaki and that is how he got to meet the late president. However, he noted that this was not the first time he was meeting the former president as the two had met at Karen Country Club where his adoptive father was a member and so was Kibaki.
“I was born on July 22, 1960, in Kaloleni, Nairobi. I grew up knowing I was Luo. I came to know that I was not a Luo when I turned 21 years.
“A year after the person I knew to be my father died, my mom disclosed to me that the person who died was not my biological father. She also told me that she was going to talk to my father because he wanted to see me and she did this after a month or so. This is when I had the privilege to meet the former president,” Ochola narrated.
“I must state here that the former president was a very common person to me. My adopted father was a member of the Karen Country Club and so was the late president and we frequented the place. The late president is someone I knew all my life.”
Ochola stated that when former First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, passed on, he was present at her burial. He noted that he visited Mzee Kibaki after and he was appreciative of his efforts.
“When my late stepmother passed on, I was at the Consolata Shrine and I met daddy and he was very grateful that I went there and attended the funeral service,” he noted.
